THE HUNGER GAMES DRABBLE MEME

[redbrunja]

With the release of the finale book of The Hunger Games Trilogy imminent, it seems like an excellent time for a comment meme to whet fandom's appetite. (Plus I just finished my third reread of the first two books and yet still want more!)

So I present.....

THE HUNGER GAMES DRABBLE MEME

How To Play
1. Place a prompt as a comment.
2. Comment with as many prompts as you want. Seriously. Don’t be shy.
3. Reply to a prompt comment with corresponding story! This is a “drabble meme,” so no pressure to write anything more than 500 words. But I doubt any lucky OP would receive an unexpected epic with anger, right? So write whatsha want.
4. Feel free to pimp out this meme to all the communities you can think of + your flist! The more the merrier!

Prompt Examples
A lyric or quote! Katniss/Peeta, "Lend me a helping hand ‘cause I’ve been treating your heaven like a one night stand."
A word! Gale, patient.
A kink! Madge/Katniss, blindfold.
A bit of dialogue! Finnick/Annie, "I just miss you when you're gone."
An action! Prim, mending clothes.
A situation! Johanna/Haymitch, killing time at the Capital.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

(meme format totally cribbed from stainofmylove .)

Comments

Left Behind

[blankculture.livejournal.com]

Gale used to dream of the day after his last reaping. He used to imagine how it would feel like to have one of his responsibilities gone forever. Forty-two slips of paper with his name on them gone like they never existed.

It wasn't supposed to feel like this.

In the evening, five minutes before it's mandatory to turn on the television, he goes to the Everdeen house. Prim opens the door. Her eyes are little red and very dry. She didn't cry when he carried her to her mother in the Square either. Maybe they are not going to see her tears ever again. Maybe she is going to turn into another Katniss.

They all sit down and watch the show. All the makeup and weird fiery clothes make Katniss look like this expensive outlandish china doll. She smiles and waves and holds on to Peeta Mellark's hand like it is the only thing preventing her from going airborne.

Katniss is wearing Madge's golden bird pin in her sleeve now. In the Seam the pin would have been extravagant and snobbish, but in the Capitol it is tasteful and almost modest. Katniss is turning into this great stranger in front of their eyes.

Gale goes to the woods and hunts and gathers and catches fish like always. The days seem empty, the evenings too full with Katniss in the television and her family in the small couch with him.

When Mellark stands in front of the entire country of Panem and declares his undying love for her, Gale doesn't feel much of anything anymore. Maybe the feelings will come back when the tributes finally start killing each other.

Later Katniss almost burns her leg and hair off, hell, she almost burns herself to death, and Gale goes to the Mayor house to sell strawberries. Madge opens the door. She has been crying, she still has that skill and privilege. Her eyes are all red and puffy. Gale can't help thinking how different it would be if it was Madge burning in the arena. No one would be crying then.

Re: Left Behind

[paper-pinwheels.livejournal.com]

thank you! this is quite different from what i thought i would get. i love how palpable gale's bitterness over madge is. :)

Re: Left Behind

[blankculture.livejournal.com]

That kind of is what I was aiming for. :) Gale propably isn't the kind of person who falls in love very quickly, and his disdain for the merchant kids seems pretty strong. Still, the last line maybe came out harsher than I intended. I didn't mean that no one would grief Madge's death, just that the Seam kids don't cry as easily.